Grab the ball, rock and fire.

This will be right on the black.

Who the hell saw that coming last night?

Doug Fister.

Doug Fister, the same Doug Fister who got his face ripped off by the Cleveland Indians in a makeup game.

Last Monday at Fenway Park, apparently made some kind of deal with Satan last night

to throw a one-hit gem against those very Indians.

This time in Cleveland. And the Red Sox win 9 to 1. And I know I'm being a little bit cheeky here, but

it was awesome. And more importantly, it was huge for the Red Sox. I'm not going to say that it was a

must-win, a must-win situation for the Red Sox last night, but they needed it, especially the way that game one of this series played out, played out with the manager blowing it for you in the eighth inning.

So just more than that, I mean, it was huge in that a loss last night would have meant the Red Sox were in danger of dropping three

of four in this series. Corey Klobors taking them out tonight against Drew Pomeranz, who is a

question mark, at least for me, starting this game tonight. He got pulled from the last start

with a back issue. So last night, thanks to Doug Fister, Doug Fister of all people, a big win for

the Red Sox as they continue this series here.

And the thing is, like, more than anything else,

the thing I liked seeing out of last night's game wasn't so much the performance from Fister

is that the team collectively didn't wilt after a hideous, hideous loss the night before.

And it was a full team effort.

And look, I mean, to say that, if anyone on the planet says that they thought they were going to get that out of Doug Fester last night, you're a liar. Nobody expected that last night. I was hoping he'd be solid enough to give you like, you know, five and two-thirds, maybe, and give up two or three runs. But it was a great game. And not only was it important, it gives an off day to the bullpen. So, you know, we don't have to worry about the manager screwing that up again. You want to talk about last night's game, 617-779-0-98-5 is the phone number. We've got a bunch of open phone lines for you. Obviously, we're very heavy on the Kyrie Irving, Isaiah Thomas, and others trade between the Celtics and Cavaliers all afternoon long on Felger and Maz.

But now it's time to talk some baseball in this very important series between the Red Sox and Indians here on the baseball reporters.

So it wasn't all good, you know, for those that didn't happen to watch the game, or you're only getting bits and pieces of it today. Seventh inning last night, Jackie Bradley Jr. involved in a close play at the plate. There was a weird slide. Then he tried to get in there safely. And Red Sox got a run on the play. But Bradley had to leave the game of the thumb injury. And, well, the results are bad.

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